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In last week’s column I mentioned that I have covered too many championship games to truly chose a favorite or best. This past weekend’s hockey championships may have shattered those …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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3/11/25
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Endangered North Atlantic right whales are approaching extinction. An unusual mortality event was declared for North Atlantic right whales in 2017, and currently includes 151 individuals (41 dead, 39 …
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By CAPT. DAVE MONTI
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3/11/25
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The Rhode Island Interscholastic League’s Swimming State Championships were held on Sunday at Brown University and plenty of locals made noise on both the boys and girls side.
The Bishop …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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3/5/25
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The Rhode Island Inteerscholastic League held its wrestling state championships last weekend and plenty of local grapplers made nosie on the big stage.
Leading the way were Warwick wrestlers …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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3/5/25
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The Warwick Beacon’s Athletes of the Week are wrestlers Victoria Salinas and Allison Patten. Salinas (Toll Gate) won the 132-pound state championship last weekend as a senior while Patten …
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3/5/25
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The Pilgrim girls basketball team saw its playoff run end in the Division III semifinals last week when top-seeded Lincoln School wrapped up the 40-35 win.
Despite falling behind by as many as …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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3/5/25
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The Toll Gate boys basketball team’s Cinderella season came to an end last week in the Division III semifinals, when Times2 Academy pulled off the 66-63 win to advance to the finals.
Toll …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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3/5/25
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Pilgrim’s boys hockey season came to an end on Saturday, following a 7-0 loss against Prout in game two of the state quarterfinals best-of-three series.
“We just ran into a hot team …
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By CHARLIE ADAMS
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3/5/25
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The La Salle Rams held off Bishop Hendricken 45-41 to win the Division I boys basketball title on Tuesday night at the Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence.
Offense was hard to come by for each …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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3/5/25
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The Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) Women’s Basketball team showcased their dominance once again in the NJCAA Region XXI Conference, securing the regional title for the fourth year in …
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FROM STAFF REPORTS
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3/4/25
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It makes good economic sense to fund NOAA as their 2023 annual budget was $6.8 billion, yet fisheries alone have an estimated annual economic impact of over $400 billion. This impact is just the …
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By CAPT. DAVE MONTI
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3/4/25
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This past week offered two of the most exciting events of the entire winter season and it was a nice reminder of why I love covering local sports.
The two events that I am referring to are the …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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3/4/25
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Senior Samantha Sainristil (Cranston) earned All-New England honors with a second place finish in the weight throw (17.02m) at the 2025 New England Div. III Women’s Indoor Track and Field …
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FROM STAFF REPORTS
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3/4/25
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Richard Grenier has seen it all in his long career as a high school basketball coach, but he hasn’t seen many fourth quarters like the one his Toll Gate team authored on Saturday.
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By WILLIAM GEOGHEGAN
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2/26/25
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The Pilgrim boys basketball team’s recent shooting struggles continued in last weekend’s Division II quarterfinal game, as West Warwick held off a late Patriot comeback attempt to walk …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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2/26/25
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The Bishop Hendricken basketball team rolled past Portsmouth 65-53 in the Division I quarterfinals last week.
James Caldarella and Jakob Reyes stayed hot and led the Hawks with 20 points each. …
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FROM STAFF REPORTS
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2/26/25
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Like other Federal agencies, NOAA is on the cutting board. However, things are not adding up. It makes good economic sense to fund NOAA as their 2023 annual budget was $6.8 billion, yet fisheries …
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By CAPT. DAVE MONTI
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2/26/25
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t was another busy week of high school sports playoffs as some of our teams lived to see another round while others saw their season come to an end.
The Pilgrim boys fell to West Warwick …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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2/26/25
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Rhode Island College junior Haley Oliver (Coventry) earned First Team All-Little East honors with first place finishes in the mile (5:13.19), 1,000m (3:06.93) and 3,000m (10:31.36) as Rhode Island …
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FROM STAFF REPORTS
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2/26/25
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Lia Wasilewski enjoyed a breakout performance in last weekend’s Division III quarterfinals, as she finished with a team-high 16 points to help propel the Pilgrim girls basketball team to the …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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2/26/25
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